iMPORTANT NOTICES:

All new non-exempt students are required to complete the Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) mandated core services including: online Orientation, Assessment, and Counseling/Student Educational Planning (OAC). Please ask to speak with an SSD Counselor or Staff for more details.

Have you been placed on Second Semester Probation?

This means you are in danger of losing registration priority and being dismissed from the Los Angeles Community College District. To help you get back on track and in good standing, you are required to do the following:

2) Attend an in-person Probation workshop offered through general Counseling.

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SSD is no longer mailing out notifications such as Priority Registration for Continuing SSD Students and Progress Report Cards; instead, important information, announcements, and dates will be posted on this webpage, on our office bulletin board, and/or will be emailed periodically to your LACCD issued email account. LACCD
student email accounts can be accessed through the Student Information System on the LAVC website. If you require assistance with your school issued email account, please visit the Admissions & Records Office.

The SSD program provides support services, specialized instruction, and educational accommodations to students with disabilities so that they can participate as fully and benefit as equitably from the college experience as their non-disabled peers. A Student Educational Contract (SEC) is developed for each student which links that student’s goals, curriculum program, and academic accommodations to his/her specific disability-related educational limitation.

SSD supports the participation of students with disabilities in educational activities consistent with the mission of the California Community Colleges, federal and state law, and LACCD policy (Administrative Regulation E-100 http://www.laccd.edu/About/Documents/AdministrativeRegulations/E-100.pdf ). SSD services, special instruction, and accommodations function to provide students with disabilities equal opportunities to successfully complete their educational goals. It is the mission of SSD to promote the maximum independence and integration of students with disabilities.

HOW DO I BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES FROM SSD?

Eligibility Criteria: The specific disability must be verified, and there must be an educational limitation that precludes the student from fully participating in general education without additional specialized services.

To be eligible for services from SSD, a student with a verified physical, learning, medical, or psychological disability, otherwise eligible for entrance into the college, must first meet with a SSD counselor and provide documentation of disability. The SSD counselor works closely with the student to identify the educational limitation(s) of the student so effective support services and accommodations can be recommended. Call to make an appointment to meet with a SSD counselor at: (818) 947-2681 or TTY for deaf or hard of hearing. (818) 947-2680.

WHAT ARE SSD SUPPORT SERVICES?

SSD provides support services, instruction and accommodations to a diverse population of students with a wide variety of abilities and disabilities. Instruction, support services and accommodations for eligible, registered students with verified disability-based educational limitations may include:

Specialized academic and vocational counseling

Enrollment assistance

Priority registration

Student educational planning

Special parking privileges

Sign language interpreters

Note-taking assistance

Test-taking accommodations

Tutoring

Adapted Physical Education courses

Personal Development courses

Learning Skills courses

Learning skills assessment

Dept. Rehabilitation liaison

Assistive technology access

Alternate text formats

Liaison with Braille Institute

Equipment loans

Math Tutoring

Beginning this Spring Semester, the SSD office will offer specialized tutoring in Math to students with learning disabilities. If you have difficulty with Math, this is a great opportunity for you. Tutoring will be provided by student tutors who are trained by Dr. Melkonian specifically on how to work with students who have learning disabilities in math.

If you are interested in specialized tutoring in Math, please call 818-947-2681 and make an appointment to meet with Dr. Melkonian to discuss the tutoring program. Tutoring will be offered in private forty-five minute sessions and students will have two or three tutoring sessions each week. To be eligible, you must be able to commit to attending tutoring sessions at least twice a week.

SSD HIGH TECH CENTER

The High Tech Center (HTC) uses assistive technology (both hardware and software) as a means for students with disabilities to access educational materials. It has 10 accessible workstations and an equipment loan program for certain types of technology. Dragon and Kurzweil systems allow students to scan textbook pages, notes, and sample exams, and the equipment “reads” these documents aloud.

The HTC is open Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays from 8:00am to 3:45pm. Tuesdays from 8:00am to 6:45pm, & Fridays from 8:00am to 2:00pm. For more information, please contact Casey Nordberg, Instructional Assistant – Assistive Technology at 818-947-2692.

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Students who can benefit from progressive physical conditioning exercise can enroll in adapted physical education classes to improve their fitness levels. Under the supervision of an adapted physical education instructor, the individual is encouraged to maximize his/her physical potential within the limitations of his/her disability. An individualized physical education plan is developed through an interactive process that includes the student, instructor, and medical recommendations supplied by the student’s physician. Students are responsible for securing attendant services appropriate to their personal needs. For more information, call (818) 778-5638.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS

LAVC is adjacent to major public transportation routes including bus lines 154, 158, 420 and the Orange Line. DASH stops at the front of campus on Fulton Avenue. LAMTA offers CITYRIDE and ACCESS throughout the city for seniors and persons with disabilities. Call (213) 626-4455. For detailed information go online to: www.answers.com/topic/los-angeles-county-metropolitan-transportation-authority.